URGENT action is needed if Aquasplash, Minehead's ageing council-run swimming pool, is to remain open to swimmers.

Members of West Somerset District Council's cabinet will be told that "no action is not an option" when they meet on Monday.

A hard-hitting report on the future of the 12-year-old pool makes it clear it is past its sell-by date.

But the pool's refurbishment is only fourth in a list of 12 possible considerations, behind 'closure with no replacement', which is top of the list.

For the full story, see the West Somerset edition of this week's Somerset County Gazette.